Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1930

Friday 4 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 50 s.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 3 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:58:35
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 April

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:47:56
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 12:59 on Thu 3 Apr to 11:48 on Fri 4 Apr.

    1930-04-03T04:58:36Z → 1930-04-04T03:47:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 590 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1930: Friday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1930 falls on Friday 4 April. Pañcamī runs from 12:59 on Thu 3 Apr to 11:48 on Fri 4 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:59 → 19:4811:3348 min11:320 min3 Apr
Chicago22:59 → 21:4811:3048 min11:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City23:59 → 22:4811:3648 min11:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain00:59 → 23:4811:4648 min11:450 min3 Apr
London04:59 → 03:4811:4148 min11:400 min3 Apr
Durban06:59 → 05:4811:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai08:59 → 07:4811:5848 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi10:29 → 09:1812:0148 min12:010 min3 Apr
Kolkata10:29 → 09:1811:1648 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore11:59 → 10:4811:4434 min11:440 min3 Apr
Sydney14:59 → 13:4811:350 min11:3448 min4 Apr
Suva16:59 → 15:4811:460 min11:4648 min4 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
lakshmi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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